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VINEYARD OVERVIEW CLOS PEGASE owns more than 400 acres of land in the Napa Valley, with 286 planted to grapes. The four vineyard sites are located in three distinct areas, ranging from the base of Mount St. Helena to the San Pablo Bay in Carneros. MITSUKO’S VINEYARD 4179 Withers Road, Carneros, California NOTABLE NEIGHBORS Hudson Vineyards APPELLATION: CARNEROS/NAPA VALLEY Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch ACRES: 365.1 Cuvaison PLANTINGS: 125.6 ACRES CHARDONNAY | 48.4 ACRES MERLOT | Hyde Vineyard 22.5 ACRES PINOT NOIR | 11.1 ACRES CABERNET SAUVIGNON | Vine Cliff 11.8 ACRES SAUVIGNON BLANC | 3.1 ACRES CABERNET FRANC | Newton 2.1 ACRES SYRAH | 3.73 ACRES MALBEc URCHHAASSEEDD IINN 11998899 AASS BBAARREE PPAASSTTUURREE,, the property’s planting began in 1991. With a diverse range of soil P types, elevations and microclimates, different areas were initially selected to specialize in Chardonnay and Merlot. A pilot planting of Pinot Noir proved very successful, and over the years Pinot planting has expanded. Additionally there are small areas of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. GRAVEYARD HILL CARNEROS, CALIFORNIA (LOCATED WITHIN MITSUKO’S VINEYARD) APPELLATION: CARNEROS | NAPA VALLEY ACRES: 17.59 PLANTINGS: 11.07 ACRES CABERNET SAUVIGNON | 6.52 ACRES PINOT NOIR HHEERREE AARREENN’’TT MMAANNYY CCAABBEERRNNEETT GGRRAAPPEESS GGRROOWWNN IINN CCAARRNNEERROOSS,, but those that are share a T few common traits in elevation and soil types. Carneros was originally a seabed, and as such is primarily covered with a 3- foot deep layer of heavy, clay soil. It is the outcrops and higher hills that provide the interesting sites, however. When this vineyard was purchased, the previous owner, a dairy farmer, took pains to point out his favorite parcel: a small hill within the vineyard that, when plowed, turned up chunks of limestone. Over the years he had come to name the site “Graveyard Hill” for the foreboding appearance post-plowing. Further examination revealed a 10-foot deep, well-drained soil layer covering the hill and so Cabernet was selected for the site. Because the site is well-drained, it allows the soil to warm up earlier in the spring, giving budbreak a head start and provides just enough time to ripen a super-concentrated crop in the full growing season. CLOS PEGASE WINERY :: 1060 DUNAWEAL LANE CALISTOGA, CA 94515 :: WWW.CLO SPEGASE.COM :: 707-942-4981 VINEYARD OVERVIEW APPLEBONE VINEYARD DJACENT TO THE WINERY, THIS SITE UNDERWENT A soil preparation and grading in 2000, and new rootstocks 1060 DUNAWEAL LANE, CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA were planted in 2001, then budded to Cabernet Sauvignon in (SITE OF CLOS PEGASE WINERY ) 4HESOILISVIRTUALLYIDENTICALTOTHE$UNAWEAL6INEYARD SO to tame the natural vigor of Cabernet Sauvignon when combined APPELLATION: CALISTOGA/NAPA VALLEY with this fertility, the vineyard was planted with 4-by-4 spacing ACRES: 20.4 This forces the vines to compete with each other, and thus PLANTINGS: 4 ACRES CABERNET SAUVIGNON balances their growth. DUNAWEAL VINEYARD UNAWEAL VINEYARD, LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM the winery, was purchased along with the winery site in 1983. D 1077 DUNAWEAL LANE, CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA After removing poorly performing Sauvignon Blanc vines and APPELLATION: CALISTOGA/NAPA VALLEy conducting extensive soil and drainage preparations, the site ACRES: 26.5 BECAMETHEWINERYÕSòRSTPLANTINGSOF0ETIT6ERDOTAND#ABERNET PLANTINGS: 5 ACRES PETIT VERDOT / 3.7 ACRES CABERNET Franc in 1992. In 1998 the plantings expanded to include additional FRANC / 1.8 ACRES PETITE SIRAH / 3.6 ACRES acreage of Cabernet Franc as well as other varieties. The soil ZINFANDEL / 1 ACRE SYRAH is a deep Bale Loam ranging to gravelly, sandy loam in some sections. TENMA VINEYARD RUGGEDLY AUSTERE “HORIZONTAL HILLSIDE”, THIS ALLUVIAL A fan spills out of the Palisades range in the northeastern corner 3106 PALISADES ROAD, CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA OFTHE.APA6ALLEY)TÕSTHEWARMESTAREAOF#ALISTOGAINTHE summer, receiving the least amount of fog, but also the coolest APPELLATION: CALISTOGA/NAPA VALLEY .APA6ALLEYREGIONINTHEWINTER RECEIVINGMORERAININVS ACRES: 41.7 24 in.) than more southerly parts of the valley. Here the stony PLANTINGS: 29.49 ACRES CABERNET SAUVIGNON TERRAINPRODUCESSOMEOFTHEòNEST#ABERNETGRAPESINTHEVALLEY The poor soil, dry and deeply drained, yields a meager but exquisitely concentrated crop of Cabernet Sauvignon, providing the òNEAROMATICSANDPLUMY - ripe fruit of the Clos Pegase Cabernet blends. Purchased in 1989, the vineyard was originally planted to 13.5 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and small amounts of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah. From 1989 to 1991, the Cabernet Sauvignon plantings were expanded to eventually reach 35 acres. Traditionally dry-FARMED INNEARLYSIXACRESWERESACRIòCEDTOCREATEA reservoir to maintain the appropriate moisture and water levels for the vines throughout the growing season. NOTABLE NEIGHBORS Chateau Montelena Jericho Canyon Vineyard Kelly Fleming Wines Araujo Estate Wines CLOS PEGASE WINERY :: 1060 DUNAWEAL LANE CALISTOGA, CA 94515 :: WWW.CLOSPEGASE.COM :: 707-942-4981 .

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